David Michael ALFANO

ALFANO, David Michael 73, of Safety Harbor and New Rochelle, NY, lost his valiant battle with leukemia on May 22, 2012. He was preceded in death by his mother and father Salvatore and Angelina Alfano and his older brother Gabriel. He leaves behind his twin brother, Frank and his wife Mary Jane and another brother Salvatore from New Rochelle, NY; as well as nieces Linda Alfano, Cathy Pendino and a nephew, Frank Alfano, Jr. He left his position as a trust officer with Marine Midland Bank in New York City to start a new career as one of six City of Tampa purchasing agents when he moved to Safety Harbor 32 years ago. After his retirement his love of numbers took him to Safety Harbor Elementary School where he served as an award winning volunteer in the fifth grade gifted math program. In 1962, a friend took him to his first opera starting his life long association with The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera and more recently, Opera Tampa of which he was a devoted fan. He was an avid reader of history and spent virtually every morning at Einstein's devouring obscure volumes. In his later years, he became a world traveler boasting he had sailed to all of the continents except the Arctic and the Antarctic even completing a 107 day world cruise to 37 ports. In lieu of flowers, please remember to aid in the fight to conquer chronic lymphocytic leukemia at Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 3507 E. Frontage Road, Suite 300, Tampa FL 33607 He is survived by Don E. Jones, Jr. his long time companion of 46 years. Visitation will begin at 6 pm on Wednesday, May 30th at Sylvan Abbey with a personal remembrance program at 7pm. A Funeral Mass with be offered on Thursday May 31, 2012 at 11:30 am at the Espiritu Santo Catholic Church 2405 Philippe Parkway Safety Harbor FL 34695. He will be laid to rest at the Sylvan Abbey Cemetery. Sylvan Abbey Funeral Home 2853 Sunset Point Road Clearwater, FL 33759. 727-796-1992, SylvanAbbey.com